Regional Monitoring Projects in Western and East/Southern Africa (2009-2010)

According to article 16 of the Stockholm Convention on POPs, the Conference of the Parties has agreed on a Global Monitoring Plan (GMP) consisting of regional reports. In order to respond to request from developing countries in Africa, regional projects have been developed to strengthen their analytical capacity and to enable their contribution to the Global POPs Monitoring Plan on POPs. Working with similar activities in other regions these projects will also contribute to building a network of POPs laboratories at global level.

Two projects have been approved by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to assist countries in Western Africa and in Eastern/Southern Africa in their GMP implementation and to build institutional capacity to fulfill the obligations under the Stockholm Convention.

• Eastern and Southern Africa and Western Africa regional regional GEF projects
  • Joint Final Workshop - Amsterdam, Netherlands, 28 February - 4 March, 2011
    Workshop report, Presentations
    
    
• Eastern and Southern Africa regional GEF project to assist countries in their GMP implementation (2009-2010)
  [Ethiopia, Kenya, Egypt, Mauritius, Uganda, Zambia]
  Project activities:
  • Inception Workshop - Nairobi, 27-29 January 2010
    Workshop report, Presentations
  
  Project documents: Application forms and budget; Annexes
  Photos: Passive Air Samplers deployed in the Eastern and Southern Africa project
  
  
  
• Western Africa regional GEF project to assist countries in their GMP implementation (2009-2010)
  [Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, Congo DR]
  Project activities:
  
  • Inception Workshop - Bamako, Mali, 7-9 October, 2009
    Workshop report, Presentations
  
  Project documents: Application forms and budget; Annexes
  Photos: Passive Air Samplers deployed in the Western Africa project